Well maybe in 10 years time which I get fed up with my broadcast engineering career I could try my hand as an FE.....as I do know just a little bit about concorde..I think!!!
Hopefully the 2 new FE will get their chance very shortly!!
I wonder how it will be decided who gets to fly the first new flights or is there a seniority structure in the Dept already? AF has done pretty well with all their flighst and spread out who got to fly to keep everyone up to speed.
I have to admit that it is the FE's that I admire as they are the guys, IMO, that really know the aircrafts complex systems inside and out and know what it can do technicallydo, where as the 2 in the front seats know what it can aerodynamically do. This is not in anyway to put down the 2 in the front, if anything this adds to a stronger team, which as Bellerophon says turns it into a fantastic working environment.
Slightly off topic on this one; but as some of the regular PPRUNE'ers know I look after the Concordesst website. I have just added the start of a virtual cockpit tour to the Inside section and am looking for some feedback to its effectiveness and and accuracy etc. (Only parts of the flight controls section are on-line)
Gordon